Men’s NCAA Div I. Championships, Finals: Vanderkaay Clocks 4:08.60, Breaks Dolan’s American record in the 500

By Phillip Whitten

ATLANTA, Ga., March 23. MICHIGAN’s Peter Vanderkaay was on a mission. He was aiming to break the Michigan school record in the 500 free. Of course, the school record – Tom Dolan’s 4:08.75 from 1995 – was also the American record, and for 11 long years it had remained inviolable.

Not any more!

Vanderkaay swam a beautiful race, trailing Dolan’s record pace by 67-hundredths at the 100, 47.74 to Dolan’s 47.07. By the 200, Vanderkaay was creeping up on Dolan’s pace, 1:37.72 to 1:37.52, and he had opened up a full two-second advantage on the field.

At the 300, he trailed Dolan by only 12-hundredths and had opened up an immense gap between himself and a stellar field that included three of the seven fastest men of all time.

At 350 yards Vanderkaay had caught up to Dolan’s pace and at 400 he was 39-hundredths ahead, 3:18.54 to 3:18.93. With the crowd cheering him on, Vanderkaay brought it home in 50.06 to touch in 4:08.60.

A new Michigan school record! And, oh yeah, an American record too – 15 hundredths of a second quicker than Dolan’s venerable mark.

USC’s Ous Mellouli was a distant second in 4:12.92, two-hundredths ahead of Georgia’s Sebastien Rouault, with USC’s Larsen Jensen fourth in 4:13.90.

Event 2 Men 500 Yard Freestyle
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NCAA: N 4:08.75 1995 Tom Dolan, Michigan
American: A 4:08.75 1995 Tom Dolan, Michigan
US Open: O 4:08.75 1995 Tom Dolan, Michigan
GTAC Pool: P 4:13.49 3/23/2006 Peter Vanderkaay, MICHIGAN
Name Year School Prelims Finals Points
======================================================================= === Championship ===

1 Vanderkaay, Peter SR Michigan 4:13.49 4:08.60N 20
22.85 47.74 (24.89)
1:12.65 (24.91) 1:37.72 (25.07)
2:02.85 (25.13) 2:27.81 (24.96)
2:52.99 (25.18) 3:18.54 (25.55)
3:43.74 (25.20) 4:08.60 (24.86)
2 Mellouli, Ous SR Southern Cal. 4:17.04 4:12.92P 17
23.21 48.26 (25.05)
1:13.79 (25.53) 1:39.63 (25.84)
2:05.37 (25.74) 2:31.46 (26.09)
2:57.24 (25.78) 3:23.16 (25.92)
3:48.60 (25.44) 4:12.92 (24.32)
3 Rouault, Sebastien SO Georgia 4:14.71 4:12.94P 16
23.28 48.39 (25.11)
1:13.73 (25.34) 1:39.40 (25.67)
2:05.39 (25.99) 2:31.18 (25.79)
2:56.85 (25.67) 3:22.45 (25.60)
3:47.85 (25.40) 4:12.94 (25.09)
4 Jensen, Larsen JR Southern Cal. 4:14.57 4:13.90 15
23.74 49.15 (25.41)
1:14.78 (25.63) 1:40.37 (25.59)
2:06.19 (25.82) 2:32.20 (26.01)
2:58.06 (25.86) 3:23.81 (25.75)
3:49.17 (25.36) 4:13.90 (24.73)
5 Klueh, Michael FR Texas 4:16.11 4:14.10 14
23.62 48.89 (25.27)
1:14.41 (25.52) 1:40.15 (25.74)
2:05.98 (25.83) 2:32.15 (26.17)
2:58.41 (26.26) 3:24.41 (26.00)
3:49.94 (25.53) 4:14.10 (24.16)
6 Phillips, Shaun JR Stanford 4:17.08 4:14.20 13
23.94 49.60 (25.66)
1:15.37 (25.77) 1:41.28 (25.91)
2:06.87 (25.59) 2:32.58 (25.71)
2:58.34 (25.76) 3:24.12 (25.78)
3:49.61 (25.49) 4:14.20 (24.59)
7 Vanderkaay, Alex SO Michigan 4:17.33 4:17.88 12
23.97 49.45 (25.48)
1:15.31 (25.86) 1:41.22 (25.91)
2:07.45 (26.23) 2:33.64 (26.19)
2:59.83 (26.19) 3:26.00 (26.17)
3:52.24 (26.24) 4:17.88 (25.64)
8 Meichtry, Dominik SO Cal. Berkeley 4:17.14 4:20.10 11
22.80 47.96 (25.16)
1:13.71 (25.75) 1:39.72 (26.01)
2:05.65 (25.93) 2:31.94 (26.29)
2:58.58 (26.64) 3:25.80 (27.22)
3:53.31 (27.51) 4:20.10 (26.79)

=== Consolation ===

9 Hartley, Brian SR Florida 4:19.58 4:18.97 9
23.64 49.57 (25.93)
1:15.96 (26.39) 1:42.33 (26.37)
2:08.83 (26.50) 2:35.13 (26.30)
3:01.57 (26.44) 3:27.69 (26.12)
3:53.98 (26.29) 4:18.97 (24.99)
10 Lysaught, Daniel JR Cal. Berkeley 4:18.06 4:19.25 7
24.01 50.02 (26.01)
1:16.39 (26.37) 1:42.77 (26.38)
2:09.17 (26.40) 2:35.80 (26.63)
3:02.04 (26.24) 3:28.19 (26.15)
3:54.11 (25.92) 4:19.25 (25.14)
11 Fesenko, Sergiy SR Indiana 4:17.72 4:19.82 6
23.97 49.80 (25.83)
1:16.01 (26.21) 1:42.55 (26.54)
2:09.04 (26.49) 2:35.53 (26.49)
3:01.96 (26.43) 3:28.58 (26.62)
3:54.33 (25.75) 4:19.82 (25.49)
12 Browning, Hank FR North Carolina 4:20.20 4:20.12 5
23.66 49.23 (25.57)
1:15.35 (26.12) 1:41.73 (26.38)
2:08.25 (26.52) 2:34.80 (26.55)
3:01.48 (26.68) 3:28.07 (26.59)
3:54.53 (26.46) 4:20.12 (25.59)
13 Knaute, Chris JR Air Force 4:20.00 4:20.83 4
23.36 49.50 (26.14)
1:16.04 (26.54) 1:43.23 (27.19)
2:10.05 (26.82) 2:36.99 (26.94)
3:03.75 (26.76) 3:29.55 (25.80)
3:55.48 (25.93) 4:20.83 (25.35)
14 Koucheravy, Tom JR George Mason 4:21.01 4:21.78 3
23.40 48.71 (25.31)
1:14.73 (26.02) 1:40.91 (26.18)
2:07.28 (26.37) 2:33.83 (26.55)
3:00.58 (26.75) 3:27.59 (27.01)
3:54.83 (27.24) 4:21.78 (26.95)
15 Randall, Mark FR Alabama 4:18.16 4:21.82 2
24.00 50.02 (26.02)
1:16.34 (26.32) 1:42.73 (26.39)
2:09.28 (26.55) 2:35.58 (26.30)
3:02.00 (26.42) 3:28.87 (26.87)
3:55.74 (26.87) 4:21.82 (26.08)
16 Deberry, Tyler SR Arizona 4:18.83 4:23.02 1
23.94 50.31 (26.37)
1:16.62 (26.31) 1:43.09 (26.47)
2:09.43 (26.34) 2:36.07 (26.64)
3:02.63 (26.56) 3:29.40 (26.77)
3:56.46 (27.06) 4:23.02 (26.56)

=== Preliminaries ===

17 Patton, Matt FR Michigan 4:21.28
18 McGinnis, Matthew SO Texas 4:21.32
19 Roof, Steve JR Florida State 4:21.49
20 Grant, Andy JR Stanford 4:22.08
21 Azevedo, Lucas SO Arizona 4:22.16
22 Nilsson, Eric FR Northwestern 4:22.47
23 Johnson, Grant SO Florida 4:22.70
24 Crippen, Fran SR Virginia 4:22.72
25 Owen, Matthew SR Georgia 4:23.10
26 Beckerle, Travis SR Minnesota 4:24.34
27 Millen, John JR Virginia 4:24.82
28 Calado, Gus JR Virginia Polytec 4:25.30
29 White, Dan SO South Carolina 4:25.99
30 Young, Kyle SO Florida State 4:26.16
31 Morgan, Sam SR Georgia Tech 4:26.81
32 Czaplicki, Zac SO Virginia Polytec 4:27.36
33 Jaben, Max SO Florida 4:27.60
34 Work, Tobias SO Florida 4:28.14
35 Fleming, Anthony FR Auburn 4:28.67
36 Patton, Sean FR Texas 4:30.95
37 Beal, Danny SO Stanford 4:31.06
38 McLean, Mike SR Stanford 4:31.08
39 Morrell, Nolan FR Tennessee 4:32.13
40 Sakamoto, Noa SO Stanford 4:36.06

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